William Bornstein, MD, an endocrinologist at Emory Clinic in Atlanta explains why insulin treatment can sometimes cause a small weight gain. The benefits of the drug greatly outweigh the risk of ga…
William Bornstein, MD, an endocrinologist at Emory Clinic in Atlanta explains why insulin treatment can sometimes cause a small weight gain. The benefits of the drug greatly outweigh the risk of ga…
Mark Sisson says insulin is a major factor in fat gain and that it is NOT all about the calories.
Who is right?
Is it insulin or calories that get you fatter?
I have a friend who has started injecting Rx insulin – she claims that it causes her to gain weight. But she has not been able to describe to me how the medication works.
When she is going to eat, she checks her blood sugar for her insulin dosage…. If she is in need of insulin, does she have a healthy reason to eat? Could she only eat when her blood sugar level dropped to a normal range? Wouldn’t that be healthier? And if there are circumstances when she eats with high blood sugar & insulin, isn’t that a time to eat very sparingly?
It seems to me that the insulin injection converts the blood sugar to fat storage, so the when she eats more, the blood sugar level won’t be dangerous for her health. But, doesn’t it mean that she already ate more than she needs – that’s why her blood sugar is high? Is there a correlation between insulin injecting and weight/fat gain?
I have a friend who has started injecting Rx insulin – she claims that it causes her to gain weight. But she has not been able to describe to me how the medication works.
When she is going to eat, she checks her blood sugar for her insulin dosage…. If she is in need of insulin, does she have a healthy reason to eat? Could she only eat when her blood sugar level dropped to a normal range? Wouldn’t that be healthier? And if there are circumstances when she eats with high blood sugar & insulin, isn’t that a time to eat very sparingly?
It seems to me that the insulin injection converts the blood sugar to fat storage, so the when she eats more, the blood sugar level won’t be dangerous for her health. But, doesn’t it mean that she already ate more than she needs – that’s why her blood sugar is high? Is there a correlation between insulin injecting and weight/fat gain?
